Day 1 Chongqing → Nanjiang
All day
18:15-18:45 Meet and sign in at Exit 3B of Jiazhou Road Station on Metro Line 3 (look for staff holding yellow China-TravelNote flags);
Of course, self-introduction is indispensable on the bus. We refuse to let the boring and unfamiliar travel happen. The China-TravelNote staff will lead everyone to play games on the bus as part of the journey so that you can fully integrate into the whole activity itinerary.
We arrived in Nanjiang around 00:30. Today's drive was quite long, so we enjoyed some entertainment or resting in the car to relieve the fatigue from work.
After arriving at the destination, we will be assigned a hotel and rest early at night. Let’s look forward to tomorrow’s arrival so that we can feast our eyes!
Day 2: Nanjiang County → Dam Scenic Area → Natural Gallery → Black Bear Valley → Big and Small Lan Valley → Nanjiang County OR Guangwushan Town
All day
【Guangwushan Dam Scenic Area】
After breakfast, we will head to the Dam Scenic Area. During the Red Leaf Festival, you will need to take a scenic shuttle bus to visit the Dam Scenic Area. The driver will take you to the entrance of the Dam Scenic Area, and you can enter the scenic area on your own!
The first thing that catches your eye is the Natural Gallery, a place that feels like being immersed in a world of oil paintings. This is a great place to enjoy the crimson leaves. The crimson leaves of Guangwu Mountain change color every day and every step, creating a unique and colorful crimson scene. The crimson leaves are so charming and colorful that they create a wonderful scene of "red maples adorning the city, competing with spring flowers for brightness." It is known as "the world's first mountain for crimson leaves."
We then headed to Black Bear Valley, where crimson leaves, waterfalls, and clear streams create a vibrant natural landscape. A wooden plank road winds along the valley, and as we followed it, we encountered waterfalls, clear pools, and nearly ten other sights in one step. It was hard to believe such stunning colors could even be seen in the real world; it felt like stepping into a fantasy world.
It’s noon in the blink of an eye, and everyone can take care of their own lunch in the restaurant in the scenic area!
Then you can go to [Daxiaolanggou]. Compared with Black Bear Valley, this place has a different feeling. The whole valley is covered with bluestones with thick moss growing on them and many red leaves falling on them. The stream in the valley is not big, but it is winding, which is another different experience.
After the visit, you can take a sightseeing bus to the entrance of the dam scenic area and contact the driver.
Return to Nanjiang or Guangwushan Town (depending on hotel reservation) and check in for rest
The scenic area is a circular scenic area. Please arrange your visit time appropriately.
Xianglu Mountain is a relatively tight spot to visit in a day, so please plan your visit accordingly. During the Red Leaf Festival, you must take the cable car up and down. If you want to visit this attraction, you will need to pay for the cable car yourself.
[A brief introduction to the red leaves of Guangwu Mountain]
The red leaves of Guangwu Mountain have five main characteristics:
The scenic area is large and magnificent. It covers 830 square kilometers, of which 580 square kilometers are red leaf landscapes.
The colors are rich and colorful. Generally, the red leaves are mainly red, but the red leaves of Guangwu Mountain change color in a gradient, mainly blue, green, yellow, orange and red, which is incomparable to other red leaf viewing areas.
The viewing period is long and the scenery is distinct. The viewing period of red leaves is as long as one month. In the first stage, you can see the colorful red leaves, in the second stage, you can see the red leaves covering the forest, and in the third stage, you can see the red leaves floating in the sky.
There are many varieties and rich contents. The red leaves of Guangwu Mountain include more than 40 varieties such as beech, maple, linden, and Rosaceae, with more than 20 shapes such as palm-shaped, feather-shaped, boat-shaped, and needle-shaped, and more than 10 colors such as fiery red, magenta, wine red, ochre, rose red, purple red, and golden red.
After investigation by plant experts from Britain, Germany, France, Canada and the United States, Guangwu Mountain Scenic Area was named "Golden Area" and the red leaves of Guangwu Mountain were named "Golden Leaves".
Day 3 Nanjiang County → Eighteen Moon Lake → Chongqing
All day
After breakfast, we will head to Guangwu Mountain [Eighteen Moon Lake Scenic Area]. The Pearl Valley, about 3.5 kilometers long, is dotted with 18 waterfalls and pools. The red leaves serve as a backdrop, playing a melody of high mountains and flowing water, making you linger.
Here we can take beautiful photos with various red leaves and waterfalls as the background.
Around 14:00, we returned to Chongqing reluctantly and kissed goodbye with tears.
